thy prophets with the sword;
and I, even I only, am left;
and they seek my life, to take
it away (I Kings 19:9,10).
Have you ever been under that
juniper tree telling God you
have had enough? That is not
a place God wants you to be,
and you can’t cast any nets
from there.
Elijah felt that all his efforts for
God were in vain and that no one
was serving God anymore; but God said, Yet
I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all
the knees which have not bowed unto Baal,
and every mouth which hath not kissed him
(I Kings 19:18).
God wasn’t finished with Elijah. He had
more work for him to do, and the Lord
instructed him where to cast the net next. God
sent him to anoint Jehu to be king of Israel and
to anoint Elisha to be a prophet in his place,
and he obeyed.
Always heed God’s call.
the multitudes of souls; so don’t
be locked into your own way of
doing things, and don’t lean to
your own understanding. Trust
in the LORD with all thine
heart; and lean not unto thine
own understanding. In all thy
ways acknowledge him, and
he shall direct thy paths (Proverbs
3:5,6).
The Lord always knows where
the greater catch for souls will be; so
by faith, you must do what the Lord tells you.
When His instructions go against your own
thinking or plans, you must say, “Nevertheless,
at thy word, I will let down the net.”
The Lord showed me years ago that the
power of God and the message that Jesus
brought to Earth would go to the ends of the
world like rockets, striking the nations 24
hours a day. That is now happening through
our world radio station, website, television
programs, social media pages and many books
and magazines.
Never Run from God
At one time, Elijah thought his days of
casting the net for souls were over. He had
just killed 450 prophets of Baal when a threat
came from Jezebel declaring she would kill
him. Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto
Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me,
and more also, if I make not thy life as the
life of one of them the dead prophets of
Baal by tomorrow about this time. And
when he saw that, he arose, and went for
his life (I Kings 19:2,3).
Elijah was so weary and emotionally
exhausted that he fled into the wilderness
where he sat under a juniper tree and told God
how impossible things looked. It is enough;
now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am
not better than my fathers (I Kings 19:4).
Then God answered, What doest thou here,
Elijah? And he said, I have been very jealous
for the LORD God of hosts: for the
children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,
thrown down thine altars, and slain
Elijah found Elisha plowing his field with 12
yoke of oxen. And Elijah passed by him, and
cast his mantle upon him (I Kings 19:19).
When Elisha got that call, he answered it right
away. And he left the oxen, and ran after
Elijah (I Kings 19:20).
Then Elijah had finished his work; and soon
after, the Lord took him to Heaven alive as
Elisha looked on. It came to pass, as they
still went on, and talked, that, behold, there
appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire,
and parted them both asunder; and Elijah
went up by a whirlwind into heaven (II Kings
2:11). The rewards children of God will receive
in Glory for casting the nets will be great.
Ezekiel Obeyed
I’m sure Ezekiel never expected to find
himself in a valley of dry bones let alone be
able to cast any nets from there. That could
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